port of call
noun phrase
1
: an intermediate port where ships customarily stop for supplies, repairs, or transshipment of cargo
2
: a stop included on an itinerary
Examples of port of call in a Sentence
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Photo: Blake Shorter So says a man whose recent ports of call have included Palm Beach and the Bahamas, both periods spent working for designer Amanda Lindroth.
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Mitchell Owens, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2024
Several cruise carriers have already changed ports of call.
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
The ship, which operates on the Turkey East Coast Express Service, is headed to its next port of call in Egypt.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
In building these and other coalitions, the Biden administration has always made fellow democracies its first port of call.
—Antony J. Blinken, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
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Mitchell Owens, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2024
Several cruise carriers have already changed ports of call.
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
The ship, which operates on the Turkey East Coast Express Service, is headed to its next port of call in Egypt.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
In building these and other coalitions, the Biden administration has always made fellow democracies its first port of call.
—Antony J. Blinken, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Port of call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/port%20of%20call. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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